2025Alexis Allard, Joan Dufour
- Videos
- 10
- Creators
- 9
2 players15 minLight weight

2022Joan Dufour
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Fairy Lights is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
Push your luck with Fairy Lights to collect as many points as possible! To play, shuffle the deck and place it face down. Cards in the deck show 1 or 2 bulbs in one of five colors, and each card is worth 0-2 points. At the start of your turn, see how many cards are in the "shop", the central area of play: If the shop has 5 cards, you can only take cards on your turn. If the shop has 1-4 cards, you may draw from the deck. If the shop has 0 cards, you must draw. When you draw, place the revealed card at the end of the shop line. If it's the same color as the last card in the shop, your turn ends immediately. Otherwise, if the shop doesn't contain five cards, you can choose to draw again, or you can end your turn and take cards. If five cards are now in the shop, you must take cards. When you take cards, if 1-4 cards are in the shop, take all cards of a single color from the shop and add them to your collection; if five cards are in the shop, take all cards of two colors from the shop instead. If the number of bulbs in a color in your collection is now a multiple of three (3, 6, 9, 12), score those cards, placing them face down in a corner of your playing area. If you have 1-2 bulbs of a color, leave those cards where they are. If you have four or more bulbs of a color and didn't score them, discard all bulbs of that color. The next player then takes their turn. When the final card is revealed from the deck, the active player finishes their turn, then the game ends. Add the points on your scored cards, then subtract the points showing on all cards that remain in your playing area. Whoever ends up with the most points wins!
Fairy Lights has 7 videos from 7 creators: 2 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 1 playthrough, 1 unboxing and 1 other video. They date from 2022 to June 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play Fairy Lights & Review" by King’s Entertainment Reviews, which runs 10 min. For a quicker teach, "FAIRY LIGHTS - Règles du jeu (FR - EN subtitles soon available)" by Sit Down! runs 5 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Fairy Lights Review: Push Your Randomness" by The Dice Tower. To see it played, watch "Fairy Lights - Sit Down - Regle et partie 2 joueurs" by Les Nouveaux Disciples.
If you like it, try Mythicals, Flash 8, Dream Runners and Verso, also by Joan Dufour.
2025Alexis Allard, Joan Dufour
2 players15 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Push your luck with Fairy Lights to collect as many points as possible! To play, shuffle the deck and place it face down. Cards in the deck show 1 or 2 bulbs in one of five colors, and each card is worth 0-2 points. At the start of your turn, see how many cards are in the "shop", the central area of play: If the shop has 5 cards, you can only take cards on your turn. If the shop has 1-4 cards, you may draw from the deck. If the shop has 0 cards, you must draw. When you draw, place the revealed card at the end of the shop line. If it's the same color as the last card in the shop, your turn ends immediately. Otherwise, if the shop doesn't contain five cards, you can choose to draw again, or you can end your turn and take cards. If five cards are now in the shop, you must take cards. When you take cards, if 1-4 cards are in the shop, take all cards of a single color from the shop and add them to your collection; if five cards are in the shop, take all cards of two colors from the shop instead. If the number of bulbs in a color in your collection is now a multiple of three (3, 6, 9, 12), score those cards, placing them face down in a corner of your playing area. If you have 1-2 bulbs of a color, leave those cards where they are. If you have four or more bulbs of a color and didn't score them, discard all bulbs of that color. The next player then takes their turn. When the final card is revealed from the deck, the active player finishes their turn, then the game ends. Add the points on your scored cards, then subtract the points showing on all cards that remain in your playing area. Whoever ends up with the most points wins!
Designer
Joan Dufour
Artists
Maxime Moulins, Anthony Moulins
Publisher
Sit Down!
Categories
Mechanics